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Mesa’s Jennings finishes ninth at swimming nationals

Colorado Mesa’s Amanda Jennings finished ninth in the women’s 3-meter diving event Wednesday to post the best finish by a Maverick during the first day of the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving National Championships in Geneva, Ohio.

Jennings finished with a score of 447.1.

Also competing Wednesday for the Mesa women, senior Briana Purkapile swam a school-record time of 2 minutes, 3.88 seconds to finish 12th in the 200-yard individual medley.

The Mavericks are in 17th place in the women’s team standings with 14 points.

For the Colorado Mesa men, freshman Jarren Brinton swam a school-record time of 9:27.34 to finish 19th in the 1,000 freestyle.

In the 50 freestyle, senior Kent Olsen-Stavrakas finished 32nd (20.73) and sophomore Justin Hastings was 55th (21.17) for the Mavericks.

Skiing

Colorado Mesa’s Nordic ski team wrapped up a strong showing at the U.S. Collegiate Ski Association Nationals at Mount Van Hoevenburg in Lake Placid, New York.